Some of our supporters
work all year round to help us to provide aid to those in
need. One such group meets every Tuesday and Wednesday at
Maldon Baptist Church for lunch, a laugh and The Big
Knit.

Helpers
turn up at noon with their lunch and their knitting needles
ready to set about the task, producing woollen squares which
are joined together to make blankets, plus hats and scarves
to help keep out the cold. The picture on the right shows
some of the people involved in the knitting.

Some of the finished blankets and other
items are shown below. You can get more information about
what they do and how to join the group from the Maldon Baptist
Church website, www.maldonbaptistchurch.org.uk

Blankets
are taken on the lorries with the food parcels at harvest
time, and distributed to those that need them in late autumn/early
winter along with some of the food that you have donated.

Here are some pictures of the blankets
and other items in their new homes in Bulgaria.

These blankets are in a half-way house, or shelter for homeless people, near Lom.

This blanket has found its place keeping one of the residents of an old peoples home warm.

This one is keeping a baby warm in the room he shares with his three sisters and aunt. His mother has gone away to look for work.

Here are a couple of the hats that were made now being worn by residents of an old peoples home near Berkovitsa in Bulgaria.

Finally,
a picture of a blanket that was given to a family. These people
with four other members of their extended family live in what
we would consider to be apalling conditions in a two room
house near Lom.

At the time of writing in 2008, about 150 blankets had been made and distributed to
those that need them in Bulgaria. With 99, 7 inch, squares
to each blanket, that's nearly 15,000 squares that have been
produced and stitched together!